ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,430, issued on May 13, was assigned to YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnet holding device, magnetization device, and magnetizing method" was invented by Shoma Takeda (Musashino, Japan), Shoichi Shiosaki (Musashino, Japan), Fumitake Terao (Musashino, Japan) and Masahito Tsukano (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetization device and the like appropriate for various magnetization requirements are more easily provided. Provided is a magnet holding device that is capable of holding a magnet. The magnet holding device includes a ring-shaped portion that is openable/closable and an open/close mechanism allowed to k...